WILLIAM STANTON I
William
Stanton was born abt 1726 Orange
County Virginia.
William married Diana Field his
guardian, Henry Field's daughter
before 1748, in Culpeper Co VA.
William died in 1763 his
will is
on file in Culpeper Co Will book
A pg 356 Culpeper Co Va Will
Book A, 1749-1770
(Reel 31) p.
356-358. Inv. & Appr. rec. Jan.
19, 1764.
In the book “"Lost Trails and
Forgotten People” it is said
that William and his brother
Thomas
Stanton Jr. operated a grist
mill on the Rapidan River about
four miles from Jones Mountain.
With the help of slaves and
indentured employees, the
Stanton’s cleared part of the
valley
above the mill and
opened grazing land for cattle
and horses.
With
the Establishment of Jones Mill
and the Settlement within
Earshot of the Great Mountains,
the pioneers opened a narrow
cart trail about four feet wide
from near Elk Run to Jones Mill,
following about the same route
as present day Route 662 from Wolftown to Graves Mill. The
local
people call it Stanton’s
Road and used it mostly for
packhorse traffic. The route
meandered to
the river to
provide watering stops for the
horses and oxen. The Rapidan
River was first known
as
Stanton’s River. The Lower part
of the Stream, below the
juncture with Conway, was known
as
the Rappadan (pronounced and
later spelled Rapid Ann.) named
about 1713 by Gov. Spotswood in
honor of Queen Anne of Great
Britain. The Upper branches of
the river, known today as the
Rapidan and the Staunton, were
known in the 1700’s and early
1800’s as the North and South
Forks
(or Prongs or Branches) of
the Stanton River. (Later
spelled Staunton but always
pronounced
“Stan-ten”
(“The
History of Jones Mountain” By
Tom Floyd Page 27 The Mid 1700s)
I assume that this Grist Mill is
the one that Thomas Stanton Sr.
had willed to William in Oct
of 1741. In his will, Thomas
Stanton entrusted to his son
William the gristmill, the manor
house and the central
plantation. He also gave William
200 acres of land on the north
side of
the Stanton river and six
slaves--Adam, Judy, Sam, Winnie,
Ned and Will.
“Tom Jr. and William carried on
the operations of the Stanton
plantations and the gristmill.
As the years passed the business
prospered, at least by Cavalier
standards. William increased
his land holdings and eventually
acquired twenty-nine slaves and
a substantial increase in his
tax assessment.”
1742
Feb 25 p. 196 Henry Field is
grdn of Sarah, Wm. and Jane
Stanton, orphans of Thos.
Stanton decÆd
(Orange
County Virginia Will Book.)
Orange
Co Will Book 1735-1778 pages
71-76 Mr William Stanton.
Guardians Account
1742
Payments made to Abraham Pierce
( For board and Millers wages)
James Yelton
(Tailor) Receipts from several
named.
1743
Payments made to Jasper Billings
Wm Smith (covering mill house)
Mr Home (for schooling)
and receipts
from several others.
William
Stanton Guardians Account From
August Court 1746
Includes reference to cattle
produced to the view of John
Finlason and Samuel Ball, Gent
Payments made to Abraham Pierce
(miller) Mr. Spotswood, Ephraim
Night, Abraham Hume, Mr.
Dick,
Gerald Banks, ets.
Income
on mill from Aug court 1746
grain sold to Jos Kirk, Robt
Smith etc Signed Henry Field
Guardian 27 Aug 1747
1746, regarding the guardian
account of William Stanton,
payments were made to Gerard
Banks
and others. Also grain from the
mill was sold to Gerard Banks
and others that same year.
Pages
135-36
1748
William Stanton, son of Thos
Stanton late of Orange Co.
Guardians account.
Payments made for repairing mill
dam, for quit rents on 1000
acres, and to Mr George Hume,
Alexr. Hume, Mathew Giggett,
Capt Grant, (quit rent for 21
acres).Receipts
from Mr McGraw
(per account of
John McKenzie), Mr Crop, Jos
Delaney, William Waugh, Mr
Kenner, Capt Frogg,
Edw
Twehtyman, Mr Wm Pickett, Mr Jos
Blackwell, etc..Signed 25 Aug
1748 by Henry Field,
Guardian.
1748
May 20
Hume, George. Grantee. Orange County.
200 acres adjoining William
Stanton,
and John Spotswood Northern Neck
Grants G, p. 49 (Reel 292)
1748 July 5 Stanton, William.
Grantee. Orange County. 100 acres
in the Great Fork of
Rappahannock River adjoining
John Spotswood, George Hume &c (1748
Orange Co VA N.N. Grants
G page 99)
1748 July 25 William Stanton 23
acres being part of an island of
the Northern Branch of
Rappahannock River and part on
the opposite shore
1749
Aug 8
Whitley, George Grantee 8 August
1749. Culpeper County. 1148
acres adjoining
Gerrard
Banks, William Stanton &c and on
the So. side the North Fork of
Rappahannock River.
Northern Neck Grants G, p. 259
(Reel 292).
1751 May 25 William Stanton 684
acres Beginning corner to a
patent granted to Thomas and
Lynn Stanton and on Stanton River (Culpeper Co Deeds 1749-1755
Grants G page 506 & 507)
In 1740 Thomas Stanton Sr.
acquired land in Prince William
County and after his death I
wondered if that was how William
showed up on the Rent Roll for
Prince William County.
1740
Northern Neck Grants E 1736-1742
page 212
Dec 3
1740 Prince William Co. Va. Thomas
Stanton 160 acres Beginning on
the North side the
North Branch
of Rappahannock river adjoining
land of Hackley , Duncan
1751
Stanton, Will State: VA
County:
Prince William Co.
Location: Michaelmass
Year:
1751
Census
type code: Rent Roll
1752
Smith, Isaac Grantee. August
1752 Culpeper County. 126
acres adjoining Wm. Stanton,
and Thos Stanton, and Running &c
to the top of a mountain being
the main ridge between the
Robinson and Stanton Rivers
Northern Neck Grants H, p. 182
(Reel 293).
1753 Staunton, William
State: VA
County:
Prince William Co.
Year:
1753
Census
type code: Rent Roll
1753
Lewis, Z grantee Culpeper County
268 acres on the branches of
Stanton River adjoining
Wm. Stanton &c Northern Neck
Grants H, p. 277 (Reel 293).
1754
Oct 1754 Lewis, Zachary.
Grantee. Culpeper County.
268 acres adjoining William
Stanton,
Benjamin
Smith and others Northern Neck
Grants H, p. 483 (Reel 293).
1755
June 18-19 p. 341-346 Thomas,
eldest son and heir at law to
Thomas
Stanton, decÆd, and
Lettice his
wife of Culp Co. to William
Stanton (second
son of Thomas Stanton the father)
Lease and release for 30 pds,
(skipped) as in a patent 28 May
1751,the other (skipped) as in
a patent dated 30 May 1726,
which tracts were devised by the
will of Thomas Stanton, the
father,
to William Stanton for life
only, whereby the reversion in
fee of the lands became
vested
in Thomas Stanton, heir at law. Wits:
H. Field, G. Hune Jr. /s/
Thos Stanton, Lettice
Stanton
(1755
Land Grants, Culpeper Co. Deed
Bk. B)
1756
Virginia County Records
SPOTSYLVANIA COUNTY 1721-1800
COLONIAL MILITIA DEED BOOK A
1722-1729.page 517
Spotsylvania Order Books
The
following officers produced
their commissions and took oath
and subscribed the test as
by law directed at a court held for
Spotsylvania County May 4 1756
William
Stanton, Gent., as 1st
Lieutenant in said expedition,
commission dated May 4, 1756.
1757 Dec 11-12
George Hume of Culpeper County
to Henry Field of same. Lease
and release:
for #30 current
money. 3000 acres formerly
granted by patent to Charles
Steward 1 Aug. 1735
and
acknowledged by Steward by deeds
of lease and release to George
Hume 13 Sept. 1735 in the
Court
of Orange County for 3000 acres_
on the north side the Meander
Run at the mouth of a
branch
corner to Henry Field_ fork of a
branch_ in a branch of the
Mountain Run_ to Robert
Spotswood’s line to Colonel
Alexander Spotswood’s lien..corner of a patent
formerly granted
to Francis Kirtley.. to the Meander Run_G. Hune Wit: Will Stanton, Geo.
Hume Junr., Francis
Hume
(Culpeper County, Virginia Deeds
Volume Two1755-1762
pgs.540-44.)
1758
June 15-17 June Wm. Stanton of Culpeper Co., VA leased 207
acres in the Great Fork of
the
Rappahannock [River], on corner
of Goodrich Lightfoot, to Gerard
Banks for 25œ. (Culpeper
County,
Virginia Deeds, vol 2, 1755-1762
[Books A-B], J.F. Dorman, 1976,
quoting Book C,
p 134-38) [The
division of the Rappanahannock
into the Rapidan and Rapphannock
forms a
triangular tail of
southeastern Culpeper Co.]
Photo of the Rappanahannock take
by Terry.
1760
Reconstructed Census Index
William
Stanton- Culpeper Co (Reference
Culpeper Co Will Book A
1740-1770 Virginia Library
Reel 31)
1763-1764 Abstracts Culpeper Co
Court Records 1763-1764
These
entries pertained to William
Stanton:
page
278- witness on road fro Joseph
Edens
page
560- Henry Field appointed as
Administrator of Estate
page
467- January 19, 1764
Appraisement of Estate of
William Stanton
page
460-Diana Stanton widow of
William relinquished
1763 Aug
9 William Stanton was killed. "Capt Stanton of the VA
Militia killed on Aug 9th by
Indians at a fort above Pearsell's
on the South Branch near Fort
Cumberland" New York Mercury,
dated
29th August 1763 (Genealogical
Abstracts from the 18th Century
Virginia Newspaper pg 320)
Prior
to France's defeat in the French
and Indian War (1754-1763),
Britain had 13 colonies in
North
America. Each colony was a
separate entity with its own
government. Inter-colony ties
were
not created until events, such
as the French and Indian War and
conflicts with Britain,
united
the colonists.
1754 1763--French and Indian War
North America Last of four wars
between the French and British,
which affected the colonists
French and Indians vs. England
and Colonists
1760 June 19 Record of George
Hume's estate signed H Field,
William Stanton and Gerrald
Banks
(Culpeper Co Will Book A p 227)
1763-1764--Paxton Boys
Uprising. Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania frontiersmen
angered by Eastern
dominated Colonial Assembly's
unwillingness to help defend
against Indians marched to
Philadelphia.
1763-1764--Pontiac War.
Great Lakes. Indians tried to
drive out British and to check
the influx of
white settlers.
1763-66, Native American
uprising against the British at
the end of the
FRENCH AND INDIAN WARS ,
so called after one of its
leaders,
PONTIAC ,
chief of the
OTTAWA .
Angry at the British for
fortifying
and
settling Native American lands,
the Ottawa and allied tribes
terrorized white settlers in
western
Pennsylvania, Maryland, and
Virginia but failed to seize
British forts at Detroit and
Fort
Pitt (now Pittsburgh). After
some of his strongest allies
sued for peace, Pontiac signed a
peace
treaty and was pardoned.
1764 Will book A pg 356 Culpeper Co
Va Will
Book A, 1749-1770 (Reel 31) p.
356-358. Inv. & Appr.
rec. Jan. 19, 1764
William
Stanton inventory of estate:
39
hogs, 39 head of cattle, 1
black? , 1 black mare, 1 sorrel,
15 head of sheep, 1 negro fellow
Robin, 1 negro winch Jean, 1
negro girl Judah, 1 negro boy
Jack, 1 negro winch Milly, 1
negro boy
Jack, 1 negro boy Ben,
1 negro girl Jenny, 1 negro girl Phillis, 1 negro winch Nan, 1
negro fellow
Sam, 1 negro boy
Tim, 1 negro boy Peter, 1 negro
girl Hannah, 1 negro boy Ben, 1
negro boy George,
1 negro winch
Molly, 1 negro winch Judah, Bay
horse, 1 cart?, working tools,15
Hogs, bay horse, 1
negro fellow
Dick, negros Sam, Harry, Winny,
Joseph, 1 grist stone, 1 doz
plaits, 5 earthern dishes,
1 tea
set ware,1 doz?, 4 dishes, 4 tin
pans,2 ladles, 2 doz knives and
forks,5 canisters, 8 bottles
full of Stoney, a parcel of
wooden ware, a parcel of lumber,
a skillet, 2 tables, a case and
bottles,
a parcel of Jugs and
pot, package of book cards, the
grindstone, a pair of dogs, 9
sides of leather,
3 men’s
saddles and saddle bags, 1 bed
and furniture, 3 beds, 3 pots
and hooks, frying pan, 8 chairs,
1 desk, a parcel of books, a
looking glass, a razor and
stone, money seals and pocket
compass, 1
brush and spectalkes,
a parcel of ink pieces, 4 doz
thimbles, 16 doz buttons, a
pocket book, buttons
and mohair,1 piece of white
linen, a remnant of brown
Holland, a piece of mock tape, 2
pieces of
Buck skin, 7 pr of white thread
stockings, a remnant of calico,
a parcel of Handkerchiefs,1
bell,
table cloth, 1 bed and
furniture, 1 bed.
Negroes in this the first 10
inventories there is one
deceased I admitted them to be
apprised,
signed Henry Field dated Jan.
19th 1764.
1770 Sep. 14 p 139-140 Deed Book
F Indenture bet. Goodrich
Lightfoot and Susannah his wife
of Culp
Co. and Henry Shorter of same of
one part ... in consideration ..
/s/ Diana Stanton, William
Stanton Jr. Wit H. Field
1772 Nov 16 To be SOLD on the
Premise, to the highest Bidder
THREE
HUNDRED ACRES of LAND, with
notable RIVER MILL known by the
name of Stanton's, which
is on the North River, which is
about 20 miles from
Fredericksburg and Falmouth, and
convenient
to the Roads
that lead to either of those
Towns. She is suitable for a
Merchant Mill, was rebuilt
two
Years ago, With
two Pair of Stones on a Floor,
and a Bolting Cloth all going by
Water. Any
Gentleman that is
inclined to
purchase a Merchant Mill cannot
suit himself better, as Nature
as
wrought to much in the Conveniency of the
Place for a Mill, that the
certainly will be a Mill to
the
End of Times. Her Dam is now
just rebuilt, and was built
about twenty years ago. The Land
is
well timbered, but has no
Improvements, excepting about
the Mill,
and these but trifling to
mention.
One Half of the
Purchase Money to be paid down
on the Day of the Sale,
the other Half that Day
Twelvemonth. The Sale will begin
at one o'clock and if not sold
that day, will be sold
any Time
after at Private Sale.
A Plan of the land will be shown
on the Day of Sale. Good
Security will be
required of the Purchaser, who
will have a undeniable Title
made to him by DIANA
STANTON..
WILLIAM STANTON
CULPEPER Oct 8th 1772 ( 1772
Oct 22 Publisher, Purdy and
Dixon Pg 2 Col 3)
1790
Field to Stanton Culpeper Co.,
VA DB P pages 546-547
1790 Oct 12 To all people to
whom these presents come, I
Henry Field do send greetings.
Know ye
that I the said Henry Field of the Parish
of St. Marks in the County of Culpeper
in the state of
Virginia for & in consideration
of the natural love, good will &
affection which I have & do Bear
towards
my
loving Daughter Diana Stanton. I
give unto my Daughter Diana all
my Land and Plantation
whereon
I
now do live.
Together with Eight Negroes
namely Bob, Joe, Caleb, Jude,
Katy, Price, Jane,
Bett & her
child Francis, six Horses, kind,
Buck, Emry, young Emry, Black, a
sorrel mare & her Colt
also
forty Hoggsheads of corn in the
ears of the present years Crop &
one thousand weight of tobacco
for her present supply, also
fourteen Head of Choice Sheep
from my flock, all my stock of
cattle &
hoggs belonging [to]
the said Plantation as above
given,
I give
unto her all my Household
Furniture in ever particular
whatever, except a Trundle
Bedstead &
Bed & Boulster,
Kitchen Dairy & milk house
Furniture with the appurtenances
of the Cellar (Viz)
Casks & Scather
together with the necessary
tools belonging to the Field
such as hoes, ploughs,
traces, axes. The lands negroes
personal Estate in every
particular whatsoever, I hereby
freely &
graciously give unto her the
said Dianna Stanton her heirs &
assigns forever from the Date of
these
presents.
Also I
give unto her Grandson Stanton
Slaughter (whom she raised in
Infancy with me) my Negroe boy
Harry - after my Decease. In
Witness hereof that I do freely
give the above mentioned negroes
with
their future increases &
the Land aforesaid to the Intent
above mentioned without any
manner of
Condition, I have
hereunto set my Hand & seal this
he 12th day of October in the
year of our Lord
one thousand
seven hundred & ninety. Singed,
sealed & Deliver In the presence
of H. Field (LS)
William
Stanton, Henry Field, Jun'r
Benjamin Field At a Court held
for Culpeper County the 18th day
of October 1790 This Deed of
Gift from Henry Field to Dianna
Stanton & Stanton Slaughter was
proved
by the oaths of the
witnesses thereto & ordered to
be recorded. (1790 Field to
Stanton Culpeper Co.,
VA DB P pages 546-547)
Diana
Field Stanton left a will (Culpeper
records, W.B.F. p. 329), dated
Sept. 26, 1794, probated
Dec. 16, 1811, in which she
mentions son William, his
children Henry and Betsy
Stanton, and her
grandson Stanton Slaughter, son
of Robert Slaughter.
Children of William and Diana:
1
WILLIAM STANTON
born abt 1750
VA........................
2
SARAH STANTON
born abt 1752. Sarah married
Col Robert Slaughter Dec 28 1772 Culpeper Co VA.
Sarah Died Nov 19
1834 in her daughter Maria and
son-in-law George Hamilton’s
home Culpeper Co
VA.
NEWSPAPER Virginia herald
(Fredericksburg, Va.)
ENTRY
Died- At Forest Hill, the
residence of Capt. George
Hamilton, on Monday,
Nov. 17, Mrs.
Sarah Slaughter,
relict of the late Robert
Slaughter, of La Grange, Culpeper
County, in her
82nd year. (p. 3, c. 3) DATE OF
PUB. Wednesday, November 19,
1834
The
Slaughter Family
Colonel Thomas Slaughter was a
member of the House of Burgesses
from 1756-1766. His son Robert
of
the "Grange" was born in 1747
and died Jan. 2, 1832. He
married Miss Sarah Stanton who
died
Nov. 17, 1834. Robert took a
prominent part in affairs of
Church and State, was a
Vestryman of
St.
Mark's Parish, and served as
Col. in the Revolutionary War.
1776 Apr 16. This indenture
tripartie bet. William Slaughter
of Culp. of the 1st part, Henry
Field Jr. and James Slaughter of
same Co. of 2nd part and Robert
Slaughter and Sarah, his wife,
sister of the said William
Stanton of the 3rd part, witnesseth that the said William
Stanton in
consideration of a
marriage help bet. the said
Robert and Sarah ---- in
consideration that the
Father of
the said William and Sarah died
intestate and --- no part of the
Slaves descended to
the said
William --- or given to the said
Sarah hath granted over to said
Henry Field Jr. and
James
Slaughter as Trustees for the
use of the said Sarah and during
her life and after death
for the
use of Robert Slaughter (skipped
rest)
(Culpeper Co VA Deeds Deed Book H)
1779 SLAUGHTER ROBERT
Culpeper County VA NPN No Two
Listed Rent Role
1801
SLAUGHTER ROBERT Military Lands
Tax List
1810
SLAUGHTER ROBERT Culpeper County
VA 00010-02001-0,29
1820
SLAUGHTER ROBERT Culpeper County
VA pg 96
1830
SLAUGHTER ROBERT Culpeper County
VA pg 120
Sarah
and Roberts Children:
1
Stanton Slaughter born
11/30/1773 married Judith
Steptoe Pickett (Stanton was a
High Sheriff)
Culpeper Co VA
Slaughter Stanton Courtcase 1
Apr 1820
Slaughter Stanton Ogilvie
Student's Examiner 10 Jul 1822
Slaughter Stanton Proposal For
Bridge 3 Aug 1831
Slaughter Stanton Germanna
Bridge Plans 7 Sep 1831
Slaughter Stanton 'Grange' For
Sale 20 Jun 1832
Slaughter Stanton 'Grange' For
Sale 3 Aug 1833
1820 STANTON SLAUGHTER Culpeper
Co VA 265 211302-343200
"WILL OF STANTON SLAUGHTER, of
Noxubee Co. Miss. date of will
19 November
WILL OF JAMES S. SLAUGHTER of
Noxubee Co. Miss.; date of will
13 Dec.
2 Diana
Slaughter born April 17, 1775
married Col. John Field
Slaughter
3 Sarah
Slaughter born Feb. 28, 1777
married Hon. P.R. Thompson, M.C.
Sarah
married Second
Hon. Philip Rootes, b . 26th March,
1766; d . 27th July, 1837,
Member of Congress from Virginia
1801-9; m . (firstly)
Anna DAVENPORT, dau. Burkett
DAVENPORT, of Culpeper County,
Virginia, m .
(second)
Sallie SLAUGHTER, dau. of Robert
SLAUGHTER
of the “The Grange,” Culpeper
County,
Virginia.,
and Miss Stanton, his wife.
4
Thomas Slaughter born Nov. 13,
1778
5
Augustine Slaughter married Miss
Slater of Augusta, Ga.
6 Maria
Slaughter born June 24, 1782
married George Hamilton
7 Henry
Slaughter born Feb. 19, 1785
married Miss Blackwell
8
Charlotte Slaughter born August
7, 1789, married Chas. Labrugan,
Ga.
9
Arthur Slaughter died in infancy
10
Robert Slaughter died in infancy
11
Matilda Slaughter born Nov. 7,
1795 married Judge Richard H.
Field
12
Helena Slaughter died in infancy
